Reviews a selection of atlases and other books containing maps of Ohio. Sources for nineteenth century maps and surveys and modern thematic maps of the state are discussed. (AM)

Outlines advantages and disadvantages of a history of postwar geographical thought course, focusing on student-led interviews of geography staff. Students examine geographical career of a lecturer, discuss courses s/he has taken, character of departments s/he has experienced, his/her awareness at different stages of philosophical and…

Demonstrates the relevance of values probing strategies for helping high school and college students understand values issues. In this approach, students react to a conflict issue from their own perspectives and justify their reactions, clarify and evaluate their arguments and alternative viewpoints, discover the values that give rise to the…

Analyzes student enrollment in college level geography courses on conservation as a means of determining how important conservation courses are in United States colleges and unlversities, where conservation has been an important geography course recently, and whether conservation has increased or declined in student popularity since the 1960s. (DB)

Explains how an educational game involving the use of energy error cards can be used to help high school geography students learn geography content and develop their critical thinking skills. (DB)

Discusses an experiment with students' free-hand mapping of Canada as a teaching-learning activity in a university level course on the geography of Canada. Explains objectives and problems of map-drawing exercises. (DB)

For the purpose of increasing knowledge among geographers and other interested people about Micronesia, the article discusses Micronesian history, location, political importance, and culture. (DB)

Discusses mechanisms which influence both rapid and gradual modifications of ocean beaches. Among factors described are storms, waves, currents, tides, sediment transport, and climate. Some effects of these forces upon coastline configurations are also presented. (WB)

Current federal policy towards barrier islands is ambivalent, both favoring and regulating development. Alternate policies are presently being examined by Congress and the Department of Interior. Several of these options are discussed in this article. (WB)

Eliminating history and geography courses will not improve the social studies program; better teaching will. (Author)

Introduces a series of related articles on the study of ocean/continent boundaries (margins) within the framework of plate tectonics. Topics discussed include: early attempts to interpret ocean/continent boundaries, Atlantic-type margins, Pacific-type margins, the edges of ancient oceans, and future challenges in the study of continental margins.…

The development of the South Atlantic continental margins through geological time is discussed in a series of three time slices, all of which depict various characteristics in the initial formation of this margin during the Cretaceous period (180 to 65 million years ago) of the Mesozoic era. (BT)

Relates phenomenology to geography education. Phenomenology is defined as a way of study which explores and describes the essential nature of things and experiences as they are in their own terms. (Author/DB)

Described is the new field of geocancerology, defined as the integrated study of the influence of factors such as physical and social environment, mode of life and bio-anthropological make-up on diseases, and especially on their incidence, distribution and aetiology. Discussed are objectives and boundaries, chronobiological factors, geographic…

Describes the use of census tracts in place of counties to identify metro and nonmetro components of a five-level "rural-urban continuum." Application of the system to Arizona, South Carolina, and Minnesota demonstrates the superiority of census tracts in providing a more precise territorial delineation of areas and classification of…